| Autor: |
Bakare MO; Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. mobakare2000@yahoo.com |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health [Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health] 2007 Jul 17; Vol. 1 (1), pp. 6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Jul 17. |
| DOI: |
10.1186/1753-2000-1-6 |
| Abstrakt: |
Anxiety and depression are well documented complications of adjustment in sickle cell disease (SCD), but psychosis as a direct complication of or adjustment in SCD is uncommon. This article reports a case of psychosis in an adolescent with SCD. It advocates for further study on the relationship between psychosis and brain tissue silent-infarcts in these patients and the urge for alertness on the part of health care professionals regarding a holistic approach to the management of these children and adolescents with SCD. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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